A Guide to Papers of George Washington Ball 1895
A Collection in
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 11150
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Preferred Citation
George Washington Ball Papers, 1895, Accession #11150, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
These items were purchased by the University of Virginia Library from Timothy H. Bakken, Clarendon Hills, Illinois, on August 9, 1994.
Scope and Content Information
This collection consists of an engraved calling card for "G. Washington Ball" and a two page letter, August 6, 1895, from G. Washington Ball, Washington City, to Mr. D.N. Morgan, discussing genealogical and historical subjects, especially the Revolutionary service of Colonel Burges Ball. He also invites Morgan to visit his neighbor, President John Tyler's son, [John Tyler, Jr. (1819-1896) ?], the last survivor of the explosion on the U.S.S. Princeton, who wishes to sell the manuscript of his eyewitness account of the disaster to a historical society. Tyler's daughter also possesses a number of Colonial miniatures of members of the Tyler family and other historical relics which he will want to see.